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You are still "expensive", "overpriced", no matter what!

No, that's an old habit, shall I say, tradition. The shoemaker's shoes are always holey. This is to prove he's caring about the clients' jobs over anything else.

"Obviously it saves lots of paper being wasted," - this is the most nefarious skew targeting the business for decades. What about PET bottles which lifecycle is counted in minutes if not seconds, albeit their degradation time might be several hundred years? What about the forced replacement of...

There must be a temperature regulator somewhere, maybe under the hood. I can't imagine a binding machine being manufactured without this vital part. The current glue's viscosity is lower than what you've used before, so you have to decrease the temperature significantly. We use Planatol (a...

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Your production policy seems to be a most reasonable one. After letting it go, all the departments will start to tinker with setting - maybe on a job-by-job base. At the end, there will be multi-media jobs which have the same intention but different results. The only way to do it IMHO is to...

PUR vs. EVA: with PUR you can reliably bind coated stock, while EVA must 'seep' into the stock, which isn't going to happen with today's coated stocks. Some manufacturers claim that their glue, which can be handled like EVA will perform almost like PUR. Eg. Sterling offers such excellent...

With Prinect Axis Control (on Heidi machines) the 1st sheet must be signed. If I see a bit too much magenta here and there, they say I'm colorblind, and the machine measured and set everything to perfection... :)

I would not automatize this way, because you will have different versions of the file proofed, then RIPped and printed. Fiery XF will convert the RGB using one flavor, then Apogee will convert the RGB using a different method. Albeit the two conversion routines might be very close to each other...

I wish you good luck with the cleaning. I've been using these machines from 1990 until 2007, ProSet 9400, 9800, then a 9550. Well-built, dependable devices with minimal hassle. Nice to hear that they're still working somewhere.

The rubber surface of the capstan reached it's end of life. With continuous use it might be postponed - as in your case - but when it's tossed away for a while, the plastic starts to disintegrate eventually. I had the same issue with an old printers' rollers. The solution was to exchange all the...

The KM C2070 is a strong contender, but you might get headaches to put it on a service contract with Konica. Also, it has rather tight curves in the paper path, so the fibers of your stock will be broken. You put some stiff, heavy paper into the feeder, and the result is a flexible, bent...

Stick with Printfactory. When changing, you will gain some and loose some features. The important factor whether you can do effective and quick work on a system - and you already know Printfactory, which isn't better or worse than the competitors.

You have to be honest and clear, describing the situation to the management. Eventually they have to raise salaries (to avoid skilled tech going away), and make a plan to acquire, teach and hold talented operators. This is not the golden age of DTP anymore, you can't just grab a random guy from...

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Yes, exactly. They get parts and consumables from 'alternative' channels, I guess from ebay, AliExpress etc. On top of that, there are parts wich can be 'renewed' at the site, eg. the corona wire. They showed me how to make a 'new one' using the original housing, only changing the wire inside.

Here we have 'alternative dealers' who (upon signing a contract) support you just like the original manufacturer, for a fraction of the price. Actually they're former Konica tech guys, who fed up with the corporate bullshit and all the crap they have to shove down the customer's throat. Of...

I consider 2024 as 'far away' in the current economic situation. I'm sure there will be a C5080 in 2023 with 'earth shattering new features', and a dealer will be happy to upgrade you from the C1060 to the then-new-model. If you don't have problems with the 1060, why upgrade?

I tried using non-Epson inks in our Stylus Pro 4900. Those were refillable cartridges, the ink came in large bottles. I have to say that the whole setup was absolutely professional. The reason I reverted back to Epson inks was that with the third party ink set I wasn't able to certify my proofs...